Medical Ministry International Peru is partnering with Emmanuel Arequipa Church to provide nutritional heath for families by distributing food baskets, masks and praying for families of people with disabilities in Arequipa. Two teams have been moving around the city to care for these families.

MMI Peru and Emmanuel Arequipa Church are working together to distribute food baskets, masks, and pray for families of people with disabilities in Arequipa.

Two teams have been moving around the city to reach these families, keeping the social distance and using all safety protocols during this pandemic.

In the past 3 days, 31 tons of food were delivered to 564 indigenous families on the Amazon in partnership with with World Food Program. This Canadian Thanksgiving, we are so thankful for this partnership to provide spiritual and nutritional health for these families in need.

Congratulations World Food Programme for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 today! We look forward to building our partnership to further reach communities and provide nutritional health for lasting change.

The MMI Amazon team did a Real Love Relief Run these past two days, visiting 7 villages and coordinating final logistics for the distribution of the food baskets, a program of the WFP where MMI functions as implementing partner. The distribution for these villages will start next week, 2000 people (+550 families) will benefit from this program once every month for the next months.

Caspian Compassion Project has been part of the MMI family for more than 20 years. Ophthalmologists completed their training in the Dominican Republic and returned home to Azerbaijan. The center was built with generous donations to provide vision care to those in need in the late 90s. Their work is continuing through the pandemic with these mobile vision services.

We are pleased to collaborate with Health Partners International of Canada (HPIC) on an ongoing basis. Together we will be able to better respond to COVID-19 in Colombia with this shipped of medications valued at $69,236 which will be used to stock health posts throughout the Amazon region.

Our team is so pleased to be collaborating with World Food Program UN in this initiative to serve the people of the Amazon. After interviewing families of the villages of Tarapoto and San Francisco, the team has reached and screened 2000 people (550+ families) of 7 indigenous communities that will benefit from food baskets over the next 6 months. The team was able to share the gospel and give out 500+ bibles to the children of the villages.

Medical Ministry International Peru continues to collaborate with “Joni and Friends” to provide wheelchairs, dignity, and hope while sharing the Good News of Christ. Thank you to Iglesia Biblica Emmanuel Arequipa for joining the team.

Thank you for responding so generously to ensure the Nutritional Health of our friends in Galapagos, Ecuador. Local volunteers purchased, organized, and delivered food baskets to hundreds of families in the Galapagos.

To provide future baskets, donations are welcome!

In spite of the Pandemic, MMI Peru is finding ways to continue serving. This time was through the distribution of wheelchairs, food baskets, masks, bibles, and much needed prayer! They will continue doing this for the next few months.

106 families in the Amazon were interviewed as part of a food basket program of the World Food Program of the United Nations. MMI Amazon has the responsibility to identify and provide logistics to ensure 600 indigenous families receive a food basket once a month for the next three months. The team taught about water and Jesus as our source of Living Water, and the children received a special Children’s Edition of the New Testament.

This afternoon MMI Amazon worked with the kids in the Aguilitas Kids Program. They provided 31 complementary nutritional snacks to the Aguilitas Bible Club and then did activities with 60 children, including barrio, singing, playing games, and sharing Bible stories. Each child received a bible and a lollipop. It was awesome to have the support of the students of a local Indigenous Bible School, as well!

The Real Love Aguilitas program is a long term initiative lead by Zary and Leonor to reach the children of a neighborhood of Leticia called Barrio Águila.

Medical Ministry International has been approved for funding through the COVID-19 Charity Adaptation and Innovation Fund organized by CanadaHelps and Imagine Canada. These funds will help the ministry adapt as we strengthen the services provided by our local teams in their communities and prepare for the return of international volunteers. Thanks for your support Canada!

The nutritional health of the poor is becoming an increasing concern as a result of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. With your support, MMI Honduras is responding to the needs in the community around San Pedro Sula.

Please consider donating to this program.

A container of wheelchairs arrived in Arequipa, Peru! Some will be distributed to COVID Hospitals in Arequipa, some will be given to people with disabilities in other cities, and the rest will be distributed through the MMI Peru Physical Therapy program. Thanks to Joni and Friends for the donation and ongoing partnership.

“I thank MMI and its local team with all of my heart for providing this nebulizer so that I can complete my treatment [for COVID-19]. May God continues to bless the organization in a way that you could continue to be a blessing for many others.” - Yolanda, Santa Cruz, county of Cotoca, Bolivia

The situation in the Galapagos, Ecuador is critical. The islanders depend on two major sources of income: Tourism and Fishing. Since January, the islands have been closed to tourism and as a result, most of the flights between the islands and mainland Ecuador have been cancelled, and that means that the islanders cannot get their fish to market in Guayaquil.

Many families are on the verge of starvation.

One of MMI's contacts on the island of Santa Cruz has reached out to us for help. Jennifer is part of a team that is organizing food baskets for 400 families each month. They are targeting mainly single mothers and the elderly. Local businesses, farmers and fishermen are all donating foodstuffs.

Their goal is to raise $1200 per month to supplement the fresh produce with canned goods, rice, beans and other basic items, to help feed these families.

MMI would like to come alongside this community with which we have partnered and help with their Nutritional Health by raising $1200 to sponsor next month's food baskets. If you are interested in helping us reach this goal, gifts may be made through the MMI web site at https://www.mmi.org/donate. Gifts can be made in either Canadian or US dollars. Please note in the comments section that it is for Ecuador, Galapagos.
MMI will continue to forward any funds beyond the $1200 as they come in.

Please join with us in PRAYER for the people of ECUADOR, and especially the GALAPAGOS.

Integrated Health Education (IHE) is at its best when sharing strategies for teaching and updated methods in disease prevention which includes healthier lifestyle choices. Betty Seunarine, MMI Coordinator of IHE, stays connected with colleagues from around the world as she mentors those in Peru, Honduras, Ecuador, South Africa, DR, and others, sharing preventative messages and health maintenance tips to confront the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I am here with a bunch of my grandkids, celebrating my Birthday on the day when I was discharged after been infected with Covid-19. I thank you Francis and MMI for being with me, providing not only for the health issues (medications), but also bringing God near us during this time of great need. God bless your Ministry abundantly so that you may continue to help many more.” - Martha

Martha lives in the outskirts of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, from the Santa Rosa Area.